A recipient of the Academy of American Poets Award and the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award, Booklist described her storytelling as "wise and spellbinding." Library Journal said, [She] "writes with great sensory detail, allowing her reader to touch, taste and feel the world she creates."

Tickets for her presentation, which starts at 7pm, can be purchased for $10, including a 6pm meet-the-author reception. Tickets are available now at the MAC; by phone at 614-431-0329; and online. In order to receive their discount, Friends Foundation of Worthington Libraries members must use a special code when purchasing tickets; call 614-807-2605.

The Hear & Now author series is also sponsored by the MAC and Holiday Inn.